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I’uge
Shifting sands .... 411
Excessive heat .... 412
Caravanserai—Comparative strength and speed of camels 415
Arak trees . . . % 4 16
Curiosity of natives .... 417
Kindness of old Arab woman 419
Author recognised as Englishman 422
Ruins of Nakab el Hajar 424
Inscriptions .... 425
Materials of the building 426
Vast solidity—Excellence of masonry 427
Interior ..... 428
Wells—Antiquarian relics 429
Superstition of Arabs .... 430
General observations 431
Origin of Nakab el Hajar 432
Fertility of surrounding district 436
Kindness of natives .... 438
Return to ship .... 440
Arab black-mail—Anecdote of Dyabi Bedowins 441
Best mode of penetrating into the interior 442

APPENDIX.
Letters of Sayyid Ibn Kai fan 443
Meteorological table 446

LIST OF PLATES.

Vol. I.
Valley in 0m6n . Frontispiece.
Map of ditto (opposite) Page 1
Arab and Bishyrcan Camels 296
Map, &c., of Nakab el Hajar 426